STAFF REPORT ::: Two Spalding County residents have been arrested on more than two dozen drug related and weapons charges. According to a press release issued by Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix, personnel of the SCSO Special Operations Unit, with assistance from the Uniform Patrol Division, conducted an investigation on Feb. 19, that resulted in […]
Missing girl being sought
February 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
SUBMITTED ::: Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 16-year-old. Breonna Colley was last seen on the morning of Feb. 8, at Spalding High School and later at the Zebulon Road Waffle House. She is 16 years of age, with brown eyes and brown hair. She is 5’ […]
Michael Bowman murder trial now underway
February 7, 2017 by 1 Comment
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Fletcher Sams has sworn in the jury in the trial of Michael Bowman, who stands accused in the May 31, 2014, shooting death of Officer Kevin Jordan, of the Griffin Police Department. Jordan sustained five gunshot wounds to the back while attempting to arrest Chantell […]
GPD, SCSO searching for missing elderly man
February 6, 2017 by 2 Comments
SUBMITTED ::: Sheriff Darrell Dix reports that deputies from the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office are assisting officers from the Griffin Police Department search for a missing person. The helicopter and K-9s from the Georgia Piedmont Region K-9 Search and Rescue team are assisting ground personnel as they search the areas of Hammond Drive and West […]
Four arrested Thursday in SCSO narcotics case
February 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment
STAFF REPORT ::: A Thursday operation of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of three additional agencies, resulted in the arrests of four people on array of charges with counts including narcotics possession and distribution, child endangerment and elder abuse. According to a press release issued by Sheriff Darrell Dix, the SCSO Special […]
Sheriff swears in personnel; details his expectations
January 31, 2017 by Leave a Comment
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: As one of his official acts, Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix swore in his Sheriff’s Office and Detention Facility personnel. This also presented an opportunity for Dix to speak to his personnel and lay out his expectations. Dix wanted to make it clear from the beginning that he both wants and […]
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